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Ministers call for border checks for people given deportation orders

“If we’re to manage the immigration system, we need to have knowledge of who’s here”: Ministers Sean Canney and Noel Grealish say that the Government should have checks at the border to ensure that individuals who are given deportation orders do, in fact, leave the State. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source […]

July 22, 2025

03:41

Have they lost their minds?

“Have these politicians lost their f**kin minds when it comes to what their job is?” John compares the stories affecting Irish people this week to the diaries of our political leaders. PODCAST: https://youtu.be/RRV6HRjrURI?si=XeGH6vXMNCHqmh35 ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU funding […]

July 20, 2025

01:02:16

Prancing Princes | PODCAST EP146

This week’s podcast begins pretty serenely with a discussion of the Presidential election, before John absolutely loses it over the state of the country. When Sarah calms him back down, they discuss the Tuam babies. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/prancing-princes/ 01:50 Presidential Election Developments 20:28 State of the Nation: Economic Concerns 40:00 Excavation at Tuam: Myths and Realities […]

July 18, 2025

01:40

Enterprise Minister “shocked” by how much regulation Ireland has

“We have an enormous amount of regulation in this country”: Enterprise Minister Peter Burke says he was recently “shocked” by how many regulators Ireland has, saying that at one event “we hadn’t enough seats almost for all the regulators we have in this country.” ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, […]

July 15, 2025

30:54

‘A register could have saved Jennifer,’ says her brother

“If Jennifer had the register that we’re fighting for now, she would still be here today”: Jason Poole, the brother of Jennifer Poole, who was murdered by a former partner in 2021, says a Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme could help prevent further tragedies. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but […]

July 15, 2025

01:02:15

Who’s to blame for the housing crisis? | ‘THE LONG GAME’ PODCAST EP28

The Housing Minister accidentally blaming the Government for housing holdups, the plight of the pubs and the dangers of technology, as found out by one State agency recently, are all on the cards for Jason and Ben on this week’s episode. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/housing-crisis/ ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but […]

July 14, 2025

02:53

“I think Jeffrey Epstein no longer being alive was convenient for a lot of powerful people”

“I think Jeffrey Epstein no longer being alive was convenient for a lot of powerful people” – John and Sarah discuss the announcement from the Trump administration this week that it considers the Epstein affair closed, and his suicide genuine. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we […]

July 12, 2025

01:00:24

Nonsense and Nonsensibility | PODCAST EP145

John and Sarah start the podcast talking about Jeffrey Epstein, and proceed to have an enormous row about conspiracy theories. Also: Javier Milei’s progress in Argentina, re-running referendums, and prickly cyclists. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/nonsense-and-nonsensibility/ ‎ 00:00 Introduction and Weather Banter 01:11 Slow News Week and Epstein Files 01:58 Theories Surrounding Jeffrey Epstein 03:46 Trump’s Involvement and […]

July 11, 2025

04:37

“We’ve tied ourselves in regulatory knots”, admits Housing Minister

Housing Minister on why delivering housing is so hard: “Over the last number of years we’ve made a lot of decisions that I think were very good in isolation with really good intentions, but when you add them up, what we’ve actually done is tied ourselves in regulatory knots.” ——————– Gript is proud to be […]

July 9, 2025

03:03

‘There’s too much hate speech in Ireland’, says Martin

“Hate speech matters too – there’s too much incitement to hate going on in our country”: The Government recently told the EU that Ireland doesn’t need to update its hate speech laws, but around the same time, Micheál Martin told an NGO the opposite. ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, […]

July 9, 2025

01:12:06

Re-run the Care Referendum? | ‘THE LONG GAME’ PODCAST EP27

On this week’s episode, Jason and Ben discuss the UN’s call for a re-run of the Care Referendum, as well as the tools the State is using to tackle ‘wrongthink’ in both schools and An Garda Síochana. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/re-run-the-care-referendum/ ‎ ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we […]

July 8, 2025

02:52

“This happened to me as well”

“This happened to me as well”: John McGuirk compares how the media treated him on foot of an RTE defamation payout to the complete blackout of Irish Times journalist Kitty Holland’s name. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/bad-kitty/ ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government or EU […]

July 4, 2025

FAKE Glastonbury OUTRAGE

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June 29, 2025

01:07:22

Injustice after injustice | ‘THE LONG GAME’ PODCAST EP25

With Ben on holidays this week, Jason is joined by Telegraph columnist Michael Murphy to discuss the week’s news, including changes to US student visa vetting, questionable reasons for rejecting garda applicants and more. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/injustice-after-injustice/ ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but that means we reject the lavish government […]

June 25, 2025

03:36

Irish Media afraid to cover transgender issues?

Psychotherapist Stella O’Malley wrote about being slowly “cancelled” by the Irish media for raising concerns about transgender issues. This week, a senior journalist in the Irish Times has essentially admitted she was right – that the media are “reticent” to cover such issues: ——————– Gript is proud to be an independent source of news, but […]

June 12, 2025

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